June 21, 2025
The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.
June 20, 2025
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
June 19, 2025
I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.
June 18, 2025
You either lead by example or you don't lead at all. You have to go first as a leader. That's what it takes to get others to follow your lead.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
June 17, 2025
It's fine to celebrate success but it's more important to heed the lessons of failure
June 16, 2025
Great leaders never stop clarifying expectations, and they never stop mentoring.
June 15, 2025
Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.
June 14, 2025
If you seek to lead, invest at least 50 percent of your time leading yourself--your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, and conduct.
June 13, 2025
Leaders don't inflict pain, they share pain
June 12, 2025
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
June 11, 2025
It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.
June 10, 2025
This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait.
June 9, 2025
Leadership is only a means, to what end is the real question.
June 8, 2025
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
June 7, 2025
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
June 6, 2025
Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else.
June 5, 2025
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can--there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
June 4, 2025
The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.
June 3, 2025
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
June 2, 2025
I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
June 1, 2025
The things we fear most in organizations--fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances--are the primary sources of creativity.
May 31, 2025
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
May 30, 2025
The person seeking to learn wins what the person seeking to impress loses.
May 29, 2025
You don't hire for skills, you hire for attitude.
May 28, 2025
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
May 27, 2025
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
May 26, 2025
If you do what’s right for the individual, you’ll have done what’s right for the company. A well-seasoned VP told me that many years ago when we were considering making some "non-traditional" organizational changes. I’ve always remembered it.
May 25, 2025
Recognition is the most powerful currency you have, and it costs you nothing.
May 24, 2025
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
May 23, 2025
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.